Everybody's Dummy

"I'm nobody's dummy. I'm everybody's dummy. I believe everything I read, see, and hear." -- Lester Bangs

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Bill Wyman 4: Willie And The Poor Boys

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1985 was the year of benefit music releases, dominated by “We Are The World”, Live Aid, Farm Aid, and “Sun City”. But another project got s...
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Friday, September 25, 2026

David Bowie 48: The Shel Talmy Recordings

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Back in 1965 somehow an 18-year-old kid got the attention of Shel Talmy, the expatriate American producer who’d already started making hits...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Grateful Dead 24: Dick’s Picks Volume One

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Only two installments into the Dead’s “From The Vault” series came another release program that actually became an ongoing series that last...
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Friday, September 18, 2026

Nilsson 14: That’s The Way It Is

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Since he still had a record deal after years without hits, RCA decided they were entitled to tell Harry Nilsson what kind of album to make....
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Beach Boys 6: All Summer Long

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By now the Beach Boys were in direct competition with the Beatles, and Brian Wilson was determined to make albums of their quality, even in...
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Style Council 3: Home & Abroad

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By now it should have been clear that Paul Weller wasn’t kidding about this whole Style Council thing. Two albums, as well as several singl...
Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Morrissey 9: My Early Burglary Years

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We can’t think of anyone whose first nine albums included three collections of singles and B-sides, but that’s just one thing that makes Mo...
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I am a writer, and I am a musician. While anyone can learn how to be either, I believe both have always been in my DNA. Therefore, I write about music. That’s what you’re going to see here.
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